Workman s time recorder



A. L. SOHM. WORKMANS TIME RECORDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 22. 9:7.

Patented May 27, 1919.

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A. L. SOHM. WORKMAN'S TIME RECORDER.

Patented May 27, 1919.

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ALFRED L. SOI-IM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO SOI-IM ELECTRIC COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

WORKMANS TIME-RECORDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 27, 1919.

Application filed July 27, 1917. Serial No. 183,085.

citizenof the United States, residin at Chicago, in the countyv of Cook and tate of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Workmens Time- Recorders, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanying draw.- ings, formin apart of this specification.

My invention relates to worlnnens time recorders and relates particularly to .that class of recorders employing a workmans time card for each individual workman.

To make the individual in-and-out records correctly requires proper spacing of these entries upon the card in order to make it possible to readily compute the time for which theworkman isto be paid.

My invention aims to provide a simple, convenient time stamp adapted to receive the workmans card and to make the proper entries thereupon.

My invention aims further to provide improved means for guiding the cards and spacing the individual entriesupon the cards. And a further aim of my invention is to provide an improved stop and clipper for clipping the edge of the card.-

I shall now describe an embodiment of my invention.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of'this spec1fication Figure 1 is a side elevation with parts broken away of a time stamp'embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Figs. 3 and 1 are illustrations of the type of card employed in the device of Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the clipping device showing the top;

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal cross section taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the clipping device showing the stop;

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal cross section taken on the line 88 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a detail elevation of the stop, device; and Fig. 10 is a fragmentary plan view showing the relation between the stop member, the card and the cutting shoulder.

The time recorder shown in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises a generally rectangular base 1 having an overhanging arm 2 which guides a plunger 3 for reciprocationby means of the handle 4 and a spring, not shown, over a set of type and number wheels A, which are housed in the base 1. These type and number wheels are time controlled, being advanced by means of an electromagnet 5,

shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2.

After the card has passed the clipping device it is narrower than it was and I provide a guide strip 38 which is set closer to the gulde 11 than the guide 13 by the amount the card is reduced 1n width by the'clipping device. I have in effect a channel for guid- .1ng a card of originalwidth and a narrower channel for guiding the narrow or cut end of the card.

This magnet is periodically energized to advance the time wheels which lie under the plunger 3. The plunger, 3 bears a suitable striking. pad 6 having a rubber face for striking the back of the card 7 or 8 shownin Figs. 3 and 1 against the time wheels. A suitable printing ribbon 9 shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2 is interposed between the impression wheelsand the card. v

The card is guided over the type wheels by means of a suitable guiding plate 10.

This guiding plate has one edge bent upward as shown at 11 to form a guide along the edge farthest remote from the impression wheels.

The guiding plate 10 is cut out as is shown at 12 to make room for the engagement of the impression wheels with the time card. The other edge of the plate 10 is bent up as is shown at 13 to form a guide for the adj acent edge oi the card.

The stop and clipping device 14 is located adjacent the type wheels at one edge of the card for stopping the card at the proper point and for clipping 011' the shoulder at each impression, said clipping or trimming device comprising a post 15 having a transverse slot 16 for receiving the edge of the card just in advance of the shoulders 17 or 18 (see Figs. 3 and 4:).

The post 15 is supported upon a cross-bar 20 which is supported at its outer end by the pillars or posts 21 and 22.

The post 15 is hollow and is provided with a cutting plunger 23 which has a square cut ting shoulder 24 for cutting out small rectangular sections from the edge of the card, as shown at 25 in Fig. 4, for advancing the shoulders 17 or 18, as the case may be.

The cutting or clipping plunger 23 is normally held in raised position by means of the pin 26 which is pressed upward by the spring 27 lying in the barrel 28. The barrel 28 and the posts 21 and 2-2 aresecuredto the base or bottom 29' of the frame of the device. The post 15 is provided with a small annular ring or cap 30 which limits the upward movement of the plunger 23. The plunger 23 is provided with a groove 31 within which lies the forward edge or nose 32 of the stop 33. The stop .33 lies in the pathof the shoulder17 or '18 and the1nose32 engages this shoulder, -holding*the card against furtherinsertionin the guides10',.l1, l3.

' Fig. 10 illustrates the relative position of the cuttingshoulders'24,.the card 7 and the nose 32 of the stop member-33. It will be noted that the rear edge of the cutter=24 extends back of the front edge of the nose 32. This means thatthe small rectangular clipping will be completely out off at-each stroke because of the overlapping cutting edge. As shown in Figs. .1 and -2,the plunger23 extends upward at the side-ofthe slot ing from the bottomof the card upward so that subtraction is-made easier. Either form of card or any preferred form'maybe enip-loyed. Y i

It is apparent that the details "of the mechanism that I have shown-mayjbe varied without departing from the invention.

I claim:

,1. In combination, a guide comprising-an outer channel, and a narrow inner channel,

the outer channel being adapted to receive a card at its full width, a stop stationary at the junction of the channels and a clipping punch movable up and down immediately in advance ofthe stop for clipping or trimming the edge of the card to permit it to enter farther into the inner channel, the punch having a .guide groove in its rear side receiving the forward edge of the stop.

2. A clipper comprising a post having a transverse slot for receiving'the edge of a :card, .a sliding plunger in said .post, said plunger having 7 a i clipping edge cooperating iwithsaid slot, a spring plunger engaging ithe sliding plunger to yieldingly hold same I at .the upper limitof its movement, anda stop member secured tothe-post across said --transversesslot, said-clipping plunger-having a longitudinal groove for receiving the forward edge of the stop 1 member.

3. In combination,abaseadapted to support time controlled printing .-mechanism and anoverhanging arm secured to the base,

a plunger mounted iorwerticagl longitudinal movement insaid overhanging arm-and vvertically -1n IllIlG withthe nnpression device, a

platendevice secured to the lower end o-fsaid-plunger, a guiding andclippingdevice comprisinga'flat plate having an upturned edge ateach'side forming achannel of-the width of the card for guiding the card at itsjfull width, a post havingra-transverse slot therein, said slot being :line with the adacen't edge of 1 the plate, a plunger in said post, said plunger' having a cutting member adaptedto-Clipolf a substantially rectangularseotionfrom the edgeof thecard and a fixedstop for engaging the shoulder formed by clippingthe section 5fr0m-the edge of the card, said stop arranged forward of the rear edge of said plunger, and said platen plunger.

'In witness whereof 'I hereunto subscribe my namethis 24th dayof July, A.'-D. 1917. ALFRED L.'- SOHM.

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